The heroic and unforgettable saga of one man's rise to military glory... written by one of Britain's greatest soldiers turned writer.
Miller was a career soldier - one of the best.
He had twenty years and more of active service behind him - from the trenches of World War 1, to a riot-torn India, and from the Spanish Civil War to a heroic rearguard action at Dunkirk.
His tactical brilliance and unquestioned courage played their part in those victories.
But there were other battles he had to fight - with the old guard who despised his unorthodox methods, with brother officers who could never accept a shopkeeper's son as one of their own, and with the women whose love he jeopardised in his determination to succeed.
This is Miller's story - a vivid, unforgettable portrait of a soldier.
And this too is John Masters' epitaph - the novel that only he, with his first-hand knowledge of military life, could write.
`A splendid storyteller and a master at describing battles and campaigns' - Daily Telegraph.
Lieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO (1914 - 1983) was an English officer in the Indian Army who fought in World War Two, and later a novelist. His works are noted for their descriptions of the British Empire in India.
Genre: General Fiction
Miller was a career soldier - one of the best.
He had twenty years and more of active service behind him - from the trenches of World War 1, to a riot-torn India, and from the Spanish Civil War to a heroic rearguard action at Dunkirk.
His tactical brilliance and unquestioned courage played their part in those victories.
But there were other battles he had to fight - with the old guard who despised his unorthodox methods, with brother officers who could never accept a shopkeeper's son as one of their own, and with the women whose love he jeopardised in his determination to succeed.
This is Miller's story - a vivid, unforgettable portrait of a soldier.
And this too is John Masters' epitaph - the novel that only he, with his first-hand knowledge of military life, could write.
`A splendid storyteller and a master at describing battles and campaigns' - Daily Telegraph.
Lieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO (1914 - 1983) was an English officer in the Indian Army who fought in World War Two, and later a novelist. His works are noted for their descriptions of the British Empire in India.
Genre: General Fiction
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